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Big Bang Theory

A supervolcanic eruption 74,000 years ago reveals fascinating evidence of how we might survive a similar event

GEOLOGY

BY MEGHAN BARTELS

@meghanbartels

THE ERUPTION OF A SUPER-volcano constitutes more than your average lava flow. When one of these massive explosions takes place, more than 240 cubic miles of debris are flung out of the volcano. That’s so much gunk that it can linger in the atmosphere and reflect some of the sun’s light away from Earth, sending the planet into a global winter.

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